This page is for students in Griffin's 3rd hour to use as a resource for e-Congress.
To log into e-Congress go to the YOUTH LEADERSHIP PAGE and click on the blue box on the top right to log in.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
WEDNESDAY 2/18- Rough Draft of ALL THE PARTS OF THE BILL handed in at the end of class.
HOMEWORK: REVISE BILL, you may split up the parts among your groups.
THURSDAY: FINALIZE and SUBMIT BILL
FINALIZED BILLS ARE DUE THURSDAY BY THE END OF SCHOOL. If you think you need last minute changes make plans to stay afterschool. Only good quality work will be submitted. You must first submit your bill to me and I AM THE ONE THAT HAS TO SUBMIT TO E-CONGRESS by 5pm THURSDAY NIGHT!
Completed, Ready to Send Bills are due to Mrs. Griffin by the end of the day Thursday. You may want to make plans to stay afterschool on Thursday 2/19 if you feel that your bill is not ready to send.
This page is for students in Griffin's 3rd hour to use as a resource for e-Congress.
To log into e-Congress go to the YOUTH LEADERSHIP PAGE and click on the blue box on the top right to log in.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
WEDNESDAY 2/18- Rough Draft of ALL THE PARTS OF THE BILL handed in at the end of class.
HOMEWORK: REVISE BILL, you may split up the parts among your groups.
THURSDAY: FINALIZE and SUBMIT BILL
FINALIZED BILLS ARE DUE THURSDAY BY THE END OF SCHOOL. If you think you need last minute changes make plans to stay afterschool. Only good quality work will be submitted. You must first submit your bill to me and I AM THE ONE THAT HAS TO SUBMIT TO E-CONGRESS by 5pm THURSDAY NIGHT!
THANKS TO MR. POURNEY for compiling this list of links for your research.
Environment Group
This website gives information on the Clean Air Act of 1990. http://www.epa.gov/air/peg/index.html
Health Group
World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/en/
American Public Health Association: http://www.apha.org/
Education Group
Education bill tracking database: http://www.ncsl.org/programs/educ/educ_leg.cfm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:United_States_federal_education_legislation
National Security Group
I think this group wants to cover a bill that will increase the budget of the border patrol to help fight smuggling into the United States. I do not find information on this topic but I did find a bill about people trying to smuggle illegal immigrants into the country.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-2399
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Completed, Ready to Send Bills are due to Mrs. Griffin by the end of the day Thursday. You may want to make plans to stay afterschool on Thursday 2/19 if you feel that your bill is not ready to send.